Thank you for sharing your experience.
What you've shared will help us understand what trans, gender-diverse, and intersex people actually encounter in treatment settings — and make the case for what needs to change. This work matters because you matter.
We're here — whether or not the survey brought something up.
Reflecting on past treatment experiences can surface things — memories, feelings, grief, frustration — that you didn't expect. If anything came up that you'd like to process with someone, we're happy to provide that support. No intake required to reach out.
We can also help if you're currently navigating unemployment, housing instability, medical needs, lack of insurance, or looking for therapy or treatment — connecting people to resources and systems is a core part of what we do.
And even if nothing urgent is present right now, RTF offers one-on-one support for things that don't always have a crisis attached: gender identity exploration, embodiment, life transitions, recovery, daily functioning — the general work of building a livable life as a TGI person. You don't need a specific problem to reach out.
Your experience is evidence.
What TGI people encounter in treatment — being misgendered, having identity dismissed, facing protocols that weren't designed with us in mind, or simply not being believed — rarely gets documented in a way that drives change. Surveys like this one exist to close that gap.
The data you've contributed will be used to inform RTF's systems change work: advocacy, provider education, and the broader effort to build treatment environments that don't require people to leave themselves at the door to get care.
Social conditions are clinical conditions. What happens to TGI people in treatment settings is not separate from the broader landscape of erasure, stigma, and structural exclusion — it's part of it.
We'll share aggregated findings publicly when the analysis is complete. If you'd like to be notified, get in touch and let us know.
Why treatment experiences matter this much
The barriers TGI people face in care settings are not incidental. They are structural — and they compound. Your responses help us name and document them.
Sources: 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey (USTS) · National Center for Transgender Equality
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If you or someone you know could use support — or if anything from today's survey brought something up — RTF offers one-on-one peer support, coaching, and companionship grounded in lived experience.